Reading motivation and reading comprehension in Chinese and English among bilingual students

Reading and Writing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 717-737

  Lin, Dan ^a   Wong, Ka Ki ^b   McBride Chang, Catherine ^b  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

English as a second language; Reading comprehension; Reading motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857139786     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-011-9297-8     Document Type: Article

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